HP Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Version 5.1B-6 Patch Summary and Release Notes

• Provides additional Fibre Channel HBA port type definitions in the FC-HBA header file,
hbaapi.h.
• Fixes a problem in printf family of functions when number grouping is requested.
• Corrects DST starting 3 December 2006 for Western Australia per the Public Domain time
zone source kit (tzdata2007a).
• Fixes a file descriptor leak in pthread library.
• Update newfs to not set disklabel on newfs failure.
• Fixes problems with the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and the libpacl.so library routines.
• Fixes a problem in return built-in command of ksh, when it is used in a sub-shell.
• Addresses the issue of sizer v not displaying the updated HP re-brand information when
patch kit is installed on alternative root with -root option of dupatch.
• Removes duplicate lines from df output.
• A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the ps and w commands on the HP
Tru64 UNIX Operating System. The ps and w commands can be used to disclose
environmental variable and argument information that might be exploited by a local,
authorized user.
• Corrects a problem in lpd resulting in creation of many lpd child processes when the size
of /etc/printcap exceeds 8192 bytes.
• Corrects New Zealand DST changes starting September 2007.
• Fixes an issue in /sbin/mountroot script which, under DMS (Dataless Management
Service), would attempt a mount update operation on the NFS root filesystem.
• Eliminates auditd zombies resulting from combination of syslog failure and auditd
overflow handler.
• Fixes a problem in pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol().
• Fixes dumpfs to report the proper error message. Updates dumpfs to handle filesystem
images.
• Corrects South East Australia DST changes starting April 2008.
• Fixes an issue with strip command.
• Fixes incorrect exit/continue logic in mailsetup.
• Fixes a problem in /sbin/init.d/envmon which prevented the envmon daemon from
starting in Japanese locale.
• Fixes a problem in /sbin/init.d/smauth and /sbin/init.d/smsd which prevented
the smauth and smsd daemons from starting or restarting in Japanese locale.
• Mitigates a queue control file version incompatibility that can lead to mail messages being
orphaned
• Updates the Canada, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, and Uruguay DST changes 2007 per the
latest PD time zone source kit (tzdata2007a).
• Fixes a problem in which the disklabel utility sets the partition size incorrectly on a CDFS
(ISO 9660) ISO image file when the size is larger than 4 GB.
• Fixes the DNS problem, where DNS client loops with unknown incoming UDP packets.
• Adds support in the audit_tool utility, in "brief" mode, to map a socket.
• Adds support in the audit_tool utility for new kmodcall opcodes.
• Changes the string from "Compaq Computer Corporation" to "Hewlett-Packard Company"
in sendmail file makeinfo-dec.sh.
• Fixes the issue of displaying HP brand information when patchkit is installed with -root
option of dupatch.
• Fixes a problem in handling invalid inputs in the libc inet_network routine.
• Modifies ksh(1) built-in test to evaluate string expressions as per POSIX Standard.
• Provides Venezuela & Argentina with new DST changes starting December 2007.
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